Re: Re: New member--/ List please note !

[Guest guest]

,

I am sorry it took so long. I had to go to work last night, and now I am off

to a big job today.

Please find the article about subclinical hyper on this site.

http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/9630/41-60

It is NOT treated because it can change on its own.

Taking 200mg of PTU with normal Ft4 and T3 will cause you to be hypo as soon

as you take a pill.

Read Elaines last post last night concerning how to help the immune system.

Wonder if I am the only one that was waiting for the other shoe to drop when

you told us the doctors lies about RAI.

THUMP !

It has dropped.

They will now make you sicker than a dog with ATDs and you will become

passive due to hypo and finally come to your senses and beg for anything

that might help you feel better.

The idea that they even considered RAI becomes even more horrid now that we

see you are not even hyper yet. You caught this in time and can work through

it. It is much harder when we are already so sick we can hardly move or

think at all. THEN the lies look much more plausible

I am off... hope some other experienced list member picks up on this today..

-Pam L -

3 1/2 years Graves', TED, and PTU. Remission due to SLOW reduction of PTU

(despite an incompetent endo ! ), improved lifestyle, excellent nutrition,

herbs, and looking at the big picture.

Pills alone only help the symptoms. We must help our bodies to heal.

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam,

Thank you so much for your messages. I thought that being on the ATDs would

help suppress the antibodies, as I have TPO and TSI antibodies. I also

thought 200 mg may be too high, and thought that 150 would have been

enough, but I am not a medical doctor. I figure that if I watch for hypo

symptoms, I will be able to ask for a dose reduction. I still need a new

endo who I can trust to medicate me properly. I figured that if I just used

a beta blocker that my symptoms would escalate, and I'd beg for help down

the road (this seemed to be the plan of the first doctor, who wanted me to

wait it out for a year and then proceed to RAI--the only two viable options

he saw).

This morning, I woke up with palpitations, which was strangely comforting

to me, as I was concerned that my HR would keep getting slower and fainter.

After taking a couple of PTU pills, the palpitations are in the background,

and my HR is currently about 72. I generally feel fine, so I really hope I

don't get sick from taking these meds.

Gratefully,

P.S. I read the article you suggested (I have actually read it before). I

don't know what changes I can make, as I have a low-stress lifestyle and

already eat well (maybe I could adjust things, though). I think this was

triggered by taking a multivitamin with 150 mcg iodine, but the doctors say

it couldn't have been, as I have antibodies. Nevertheless, this condition

has persisted despite having stopped the vitamin months ago.

At 10:35 AM 6/24/2003 -0700, you wrote:

>,

>

>I am sorry it took so long. I had to go to work last night, and now I am off

>to a big job today.

>

>Please find the article about subclinical hyper on this site.

><http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/9630/41-60>http://www.suite101.com/articl\

es.cfm/9630/41-60

>

>It is NOT treated because it can change on its own.

>Taking 200mg of PTU with normal Ft4 and T3 will cause you to be hypo as soon

>as you take a pill.

>

>Read Elaines last post last night concerning how to help the immune system.

>

>Wonder if I am the only one that was waiting for the other shoe to drop when

>you told us the doctors lies about RAI.

>THUMP !

>It has dropped.

>They will now make you sicker than a dog with ATDs and you will become

>passive due to hypo and finally come to your senses and beg for anything

>that might help you feel better.

>

>The idea that they even considered RAI becomes even more horrid now that we

>see you are not even hyper yet. You caught this in time and can work through

>it. It is much harder when we are already so sick we can hardly move or

>think at all. THEN the lies look much more plausible

>

>I am off... hope some other experienced list member picks up on this today..

>

>-Pam L -

>3 1/2 years Graves', TED, and PTU. Remission due to SLOW reduction of PTU

>(despite an incompetent endo ! ), improved lifestyle, excellent nutrition,

>herbs, and looking at the big picture.

>Pills alone only help the symptoms. We must help our bodies to heal.